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uary 2014. It is open
for participation to students, hobbyists, or
professionals from
around the world who
may enter in one or
more of four categories:
hardware, software,
curriculum, or the
community challenge.
The curriculum cateFigure 2. Undergraduate students testing Lollybot
Figure 3. High school students building
gory involves creating
in Ghana.
Lollybot.
lesson plans, and the
a lot, and I am so proud of myself !" ware needs to be extended to allow community challenge involves using
(Figure 2).
greater functionality and to make it eas- one of the designs to run a workshop
There are still many improvements ier for students with no programming for young students. AFRON hopes
to be made in order to make educa- experience to learn how to program the that this initiative will help inspire a
tional robotics more accessible to stu- robot. Learning tasks that students and new generation of young innovators
dents around the world. The Lollybot, teachers can use out of the box need to from all over the world. To learn about
like many of the other submissions, is be developed. These are all goals of the the competition and see descriptions
of winners, please visit the AFRON
not yet ready for mass distribution. The 2013 competition.
hardware needs to be made more
Phase 2 of the Challenge launched Web site, http://robotics-africa.org.
robust and easier to assemble. The soft- this summer and will run until 15 Jan-

CALL
FOR
PAPERS

Special
Issue
on
Wearable
Robotics
Researchers working in industry and academia are invited to submit their original and
unpublished high quality research results on technological and experimental aspects
associated with the design, development, control and validation of complete and working
Wearable Robotic systems.
Topics of interest include:
* Power extenders for material handling;
* Robotic orthoses for physical assistance;
* Active limb-prostheses;
* Rehabilitation exoskeletons;
* Wearable haptic exoskeletons.
Deadline for Paper Submission: 1 March 2014
Publication Schedule: December 2014

Complete details at ieee-ras.org
under Publications/RA Magazine

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2013.2291375

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DECEMBER 2013

Guest Editors:
Dino Accoto
Campus Bio-Medico University
Roma, Italy
Hugh Herr
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, USA
Rocco Vertechy
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Pisa, Italy

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